Tim BrayThis is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
What he wants you to understand is the experience of being under siege by the secret police.
Bill Hofmann
@wdh
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Just this guy.
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Stephen FoskettSuch an idea! Rather than cancelling commercial flights, the FAA could cut private jet flights. Or close private airports. This would ease the burden on air traffic controllers much more than the 10% cuts we’re currently seeing.
Chris EspinosaAnd why is the unfortunate aircraft carrier (three lost FA-18s and a collision at sea) Harry S Truman called a “she?” I thought they were supposed to go by their gender assigned at berth
Joe Manchin 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇹🇼🏳️🌈
Adrianna TanThirty things you can do
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
Sean CastenBecause there seem to be some indignant folks suggesting that it is standard practice for a CEO to demand daily performance updates or else fire you, a few observations from a guy who spent 20 years in the private sector 16 as CEO and the last 6 in government…
jwz"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."
-- William Gibson, Count Zero - The favorite author of the exact people he was writing about.
Julie HughesIn case the historic nature of of this moment, is lost on you...
A timeline of American Vice Presidents. Until the red square, she would have been a slave. Until the blue square she would have gone to segregated schools (if at all). Up to the yellow square she was not allowed to vote. It wasn't until the green square she could have her own bank account. Now she is Vice President, and on November 5th she will be elected President of the United States. #KamalaHarris #election2024 #USpol
A timeline of American Vice Presidents. Until the red square, she would have been a slave. Until the blue square she would have gone to segregated schools (if at all). Up to the yellow square she was not allowed to vote. It wasn't until the green square she could have her own bank account. Now she is Vice President, and on November 5th she will be elected President of the United States. #KamalaHarris #election2024 #USpol
Heidi Li FeldmanThere’s bound to be litigation over the Biden-Harris campaign funds going to Harris, and there’s bound to be litigation over Harris and her VP appearing on some state ballots. Don’t get bogged down in any of it. Fight for Democrats up and down the ballot this November.
Democracy Matters 
"I know there are a lot of folks who say, 'What's going on with these Silicon Valley folks veering into Trump world with JD Vance, and backing Trump?' . . . We've made it way too complicated. It's super simple. These are very rich men who have decided to back the Republican party that tends to do good things for very rich men."
-- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on why Peter Thiel would bankroll anti-LGBTQ+ JD Vance.